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A twitter user, Richard Daniel under Port Harcourt DisCo, said he often gets 153.9 units when he recharges his meter with N5000 worth of token. However, that has reduced to 88 units now, when he vended last week, indicating 42 per cent increase. Shamsudeen Ibrahim, a resident in Abuja under Abuja DisCo, said previously, N10,000 vending got him 386 units as of November but he only got N197 units recently. “That is about a 49 per cent increase. We are just being deceived that the increment is n...

Daily Trust gathered at the market that despite the hike in price, certain varieties – like the brown and the milk coloured beans – are in short supply and the little available is in high demand. About 10 truckloads of beans leave the market weekly, according to sources, but the quantum now in the market is just a fraction of what was harvested last year. Even the bean chaff used for livestock feed, which was sold at N1000 now goes for between N3000 and N4000 per 100kg bag. Most of the farm...

Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi has accused those he described as desperate politicians of sponsoring banditry with the sole aim of destabilising

Umahi stated this after a meeting with South-East governors at the Ebonyi State Government House in Abakaliki. He said: “The governors are so worried about the killings and kidnappings that are going in the South-East, killing our own people and the security agents. “The situation is being heightened by the activities of very desperate politicians, this time irrespective of party affiliations. “There are so many desperate politicians in all the political parties. They are so desperate for...

Kuje Prison Officials Afraid Sowore Will Revolutionise Other Inmates – Agba Jalingo When they took him to Kuje, the authorities in Kuje rejected him because they were afraid that he was going to revolutionise other inmates. Journalist and activist, Agba Jalingo, has lambasted the Muhammadu Buhari-led government over the arrest of human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore. According to The PUNCH, Jalingo said Sowore and the other activists locked up since their arrest on New Year’s Eve in Abuja ...

Killings: Desperate politicians aligning with bandits to destabilise Nigeria – Umahi By The Rainbow The South-East Governors Forum have accused desperate politicians of aligning with bandits to stabilise Nigeria. Chairman of the Forum and Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, made the comments on Tuesday after a virtual meeting with the five governors of the region in attendance. “The governors are so worried about the killings and kidnappings that are going on by our people in the sout...

By Onimisi Alao The new Hama Bachama, the paramount ruler of the Bwatiye (Bachama) people of Adamawa State, made a 10-page tightly written speech at his coronation on Wednesday, December 23, 2020. Half the speech was about the things which trouble his mind as Governor Ahmadu Fintiri gave him his staff of office that day to lead a people who have always had probably more than their share of issues of insecurity and unsatisfactory pace of development. “I am concerned about the increasing availa...

New Year: Nigeria’s leaders preach peace, unity On …Urge citizens to be hopeful despite challenges By Festus Ahon, Sam Eyoboka, Levinus Nwabughiogu, Luminous Jannamike, Shina Abubakar, Femi Bolaji, Chimaobi Nwaiwu & Olayinka Latona As Nigerians today joined the rest of the world to celebrate the New Year, Nigeria’s political and religious leaders yesterday sent messages of hope to Nigerians, urging the citizens to keep hope alive and remain positive despite myriads of challenges confront...

  The Peoples Democratic Party in Taraba state says it will henceforth not tolerate any anti-party activity by its members At a meeting held in Wukari for its southern Taraba stakeholders on Thursday, chairman of the party Colonel Agbu Kefas Rtd says the move is to restore discipline and foster unity among members. While reiterating that the leadership structure of the party would be followed strictly, the chairman calls for 100% loyalty to the party against individual loyalty. Kefas insists t...

Governors have urged Nigerians to promote unity in the country and adhere to COVID-19 protocols to reduce the spread of the virus. In their separate New Year messages, the governors said irrespective of all differences, Nigerians should live together peacefully for the socio-economic development of the country. President Buhari’s New Year speech What we will […]